Ecosystems
Adaptations
Niches
Food Chains
Miscellaneous
100
Rocks, sun, temperature and wind are all examples
What is abiotic?
100
"Dogs have fur/hair to help keep them warm" is an example of this
What is a structural adaptation?
100
An organism that creates its own energy using sunlight.
What is a producer?
100
The definition of a food web.
All of the food chains in an ecosystem.
100
This is an example of
What is parasitism?
200
Grass, rotting trees, rabbits and birds are all examples
What is biotic?
200
"Birds migrate south for the winter" is an example of this type of adaptation.
What is a behavioral adaptation?
200
Competition or Cooperation?
What is competition?
200
True or False. An organism can be a primary and secondary consumer, depending on what it is eating.
True.
200
This is an example of
What is mutualism
300
A group of similar organisms that are able to reproduce with one another
What is a species?
300
True or False? Adaptations are something that helps an organism find food.
False. They can also help organisms avoid predators, stay warm, reproduce etc.
300
A herd of zebras working together to protect the group is an example of this.
What is cooperation?
300
In the following food web, who is the top consumer?
What are humans?
300
This is when there is only space and food in an ecosystem for a set population.
What is a limiting factor?
400
The definition of an ecosystem
Where living and non-living things interact as a community.
400
True or False? Organisms can adapt within their lifetime.
False, organisms with the best traits for survival pass them on and the population changes over several generations.
400
what is this an example of?
What is niche?
400
In the food chain grass --> rabbit --> snake --> hawk, the hawk is this type of consumer.
What is a tertiary consumer?
400
If the number of beavers increases over time, this increases as well.
The number of dams
500
The study of organisms and their interactions with each other and their physical environment
What is ecology?
500
Give two examples of an adaptation.
Any two adaptations.
500
The difference between habitat and niche.
Habitat is where the organism lives and the niche defines its role in the ecosystem like a job
500
Only ___ % of the energy an animal eats is passed on to the next level of the food chain.
What is 10% ?
500
Analyze the graph for Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk is a current beaver range, but it is not a historical trapping area.